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My dwarf hamster has blood on its tail. What's wrong? How to help?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Other | Unknown - Other | Female

My robervosci dwarf hamster has got blood on her tail and we have no idea what it is .

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Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on November 25th, 2016

IF she have another hamster in the cage that could be a fight wound, otherwise it's probably self inflicted, she could have mites, she could have an infection or maybe she got her tail stuck in the cage somewhere and pulled too hard to get out. You need to take her to the vet to get it checked.

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